Department Profile

Having realized the growing need for management experts, Vidyasagar University decided to launch its regular
UGC approved MBA course in the year 2006 for initial nourishment with the cooperation from all other allied departments
especially the Department of Commerce with Farm Management.

An ultra-modern course curriculum has been designed incorporating mainstream management courses and also including
some aspects of rural management. That way it honours the recommendation of the NAAC (National Assessment and
Accreditation Council) Peer Team on one hand and on the other pays due regard to the inherent nontraditional character of the University.

Having had success, in 2012, the University made a separate department called “The Department of Business Administration”.
The department at present offers two-year full time MBA in Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Finance. It has also
the vision of introducing other specializations such as Operations and Systems, Hospitality, Retail and Supply Chain, Logistics,
Pharmaceutical, etc. It also has a dream of offering executive MBA for the working professionals. The department has been
successfully offering Ph. D. programmes in management and other allied areas and it continues to attract researchers of excellent calibre.
The department has faculties of academic and professional eminence. The faculty members author various books, produce academic papers,
and write an array of articles for general business publications. Apart from the in-house faculties, sincere attempts are made to invite
guest faculties from management and allied departments of other reputed universities and institutes to prvide desired blend of input to the students.

At present, the department intakes 60 students from various streams through CAT, CMAT, JEMAT, MAT, VUMAT and
other recognized management aptitude tests. They are offered innovative yet globally accepted programs for
their all round development. It encourages its students to be innovative so that they can start their own ventures.
The department also conducts national and international seminars to provide forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge
and industry representatives in order to understand the advancement of management thoughts and practices.

The department is ambitious that over time it would be able to make tie-ups with reputed business schools
abroad to have international exposure and global marketing of our academic products.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost.